This picture taken on May 24, 2017 shows salesmen waiting for customers at a gold jewelry shop in Dhaka.-AFP
Dhaka (AFP) - Bangladeshi authorities have confiscated half a tonne of gold from a top jeweller, officials said Sunday, amid a crackdown on a booming smuggling trade.
Customs officials raided five outlets of Apan Jewellers over several days last month and seized around 500 kilograms of gold and half a kilogram in diamonds.
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